Frank V. Gardner

Iambic Tetrameter And Me - Poem by Frank V. Gardner

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Today, I sat me down to ponderWhy I write like this: Four metric feet, first line of text, And three feet in the next.This sing-song meter ambles onFrom line to line, and then, A rhyme is put, delightfully, To have the stanza end.

From where the rhythm and the style? From where I caught the rhyme? I thought back to my schooling days, And poem-reading time.

Ancient Mariner is oneThat I remember well: Its rhyme and rhythm still come through, As clearly as a bell:

Then, Shakespeare and the other greats, Who wrote iambic lines, Influenced me so subtly, Their style, my pen defines.

'America the Beautiful'Has meter, style, and grace; And most of us are wondered byIts thoughtful, moving pace.This four-feet, three-feet meter fitsSo well in verse or song, We memorize it easilyAnd sense it when it's wrong.

It's this bound verse that captured me, Poetic pen and all: It's why I write iambic lines, And have myself a ball.

This iambic tetrameter, Trimeter in line two: I write it for the pleasureAnd enjoyment given you,,,, And me!